110 Clever Ning Fu

Su Li was flabbergasted at those words and wondered how the other person knew such an intimate detail about her.

In her intoxicated state, the only conclusion she could come up with was that the other person was none other than Zhou Sheng.

White-hot anger exploded inside her.

"Zhou Sheng, how dare you say those words to me? What? Do you think that the pain of everything that happened isn't sharp enough already so you are here trying to twist the knife some more?"

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When he had thought of satiating his curiosity, he hadn't taken wondered how the monarch would react or if the other person would mistake him as Zhou Sheng – the one person who seemed to know the intricacies involved in all of this.

Trying not to let his rising panic take hold of him, he took a soft breath.

After all, since he had already posed the question, there was no point in backing out now.

As they say, in for a pound.

Still, though he wanted to scratch the itch that rose inside him at those questions, he didn't want land his newly-minted brother in hot water simply because he knew the person was completely and whole-heartedly devoted to the monarch.

"Your Majesty, this lowly servant is not Zhou Sheng. This one is..."

Before he could finish his words, the monarch cut him off mid-sentence.

"Yes. Yes. That's what I thought because how could Zhou Sheng ever ask me something like this. He wouldn't. After all, he has always protected me even at his own expense."

Ning Fu's eyes narrowed at the firm tone and unshakable belief in the emperor's voice as he extolled Zhou Sheng's virtues.

Why did the monarch implicitly and explicitly trust a person who was younger than him?

He knew from personal experience that the camaraderie between the monarch and Zhou Sheng was real and it wasn't two people making use of each other.

From what he had gathered from their earlier talk, he knew Zhou Sheng had been with the monarch in his lowest point of life and people who had seen each other at their lowest were never able to just walk away from each other.

All the more, people never showed their internal struggle and weakness to people they didn't trust to watch their back in a fight.

Relations like that were not easily made and they always came with a story.

Such warm relations without using each other or benefiting from each other were all but unknown in his life.

He once again recalled his faux-pas when he had been called by the monarch for a personal audience.

With something remarkable like jealousy, Ning Fu wondered if he could have gotten the same consideration and trust from the monarch as Zhou Sheng did.

If he hadn't come to hasty conclusions, could he also bask in the warmth that this person seems to unknowingly radiate?

"Your Majesty?"

"Hmm..."

"Ah! Your Majesty doesn't want to share the matters of his heart with me to lessen your burdens?"

Even at this stage, Ning Fu remembered not to cross the lines of proprietary and leave a way out for himself.

At least, in this manner, if the monarch questioned him, he could say that he was talking on the other person's behalf and didn't have any selfish motives.

Su Li gave a distracted hum and went quiet for a few minutes and just as Ning fu had given up all hope of getting his answers from the monarch, she opened her mouth.

"That person had always been by my side – sheltering me from winds and rain. No matter what ploys people employed to trap me, he would be the first one to rush to my rescue. Most times I wouldn't even know that there was danger before he would cut down anyone who dared to think or do ill towards me."

Ning Fu listened intently to those words and didn't dare to blink his eyes in fear that he would miss even a single byplay of emotions on the monarch's face.

"That person spent so much time and energy trying to protect me that I wonder if he had any time for his personal needs and wants and I had gotten so used to his presence that I never cared to think or ask him about his own life."

Su Li snorted at her naivety and stupidity.

"It sounds like that person loved you with all his heart and soul."

"Oh, yes, he did. There was this one time I had been given an aphrodisiac and I still remember how he came to my rescue without worrying about his safety. The blazing look of anger in his eyes and the fierce protectiveness in his stance was visible for anyone who cared to take a look."

"Then shouldn't you be happy to have the love of such a person, Your Majesty?"